the next big OpenOffice release (4.0) is supposed to be quite good. Especially improvement to MS document formats compatibility. Since about summer last year the OpenOffice developers have worked on implement much code of Symphony (IBMs Openoffice-Fork). This will go into the 4.0 version.

Currently I'm using LibreOffice, but I might switch back to OpenOffice when 4.0 is released.

01-30-2013, 06:12 PM

_r00t-

Libre/Open Office

It would be much better to have Apache OpenOffice as an option, not as a replacement.
I personally prefer LibreOffice.

01-30-2013, 06:30 PM

Delgarde

Quote:

Originally Posted by efikkan

Not at all, "OpenOffice" just sounds better than "LibreOffice" in the English language.

Yeah, I know what you mean. Nothing to do with the associations of "open" vs "libre" - it's simply the sounds of the words, the assonance of the repeated Os.

Though I'd agree with the other posted... the full name of OpenOffice.org is a bit irritating.

01-30-2013, 06:55 PM

PatrickEB

First sentence re-write

Quote:

Originally Posted by phoronix

Phoronix: Fedora To Look At Reviving Apache OpenOffice

Most Linux distributions have switched over to using LibreOffice in recent years for an office productivity suite on the Linux desktop after disturbances resulting in LibreOffice being forked from OpenOffice.org following Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems.

'Fraid this is a painful sentence to read. Reading out loud what you've written may assist with self-editing in the future (just a suggestion).

01-30-2013, 06:55 PM

TheBlackCat

Quote:

Originally Posted by Delgarde

Though I'd agree with the other posted... the full name of OpenOffice.org is a bit irritating.

I'm pretty sure the Apache project changed it to just OpenOffice.

01-31-2013, 12:51 AM

liam

Quote:

Originally Posted by Delgarde

Yeah, I know what you mean. Nothing to do with the associations of "open" vs "libre" - it's simply the sounds of the words, the assonance of the repeated Os.

Though I'd agree with the other posted... the full name of OpenOffice.org is a bit irritating.

What repeated Os?
LEE-BRAY-OFF-ISS
Are you pronouncing it: LEE-BROFF-ISS?

01-31-2013, 02:18 AM

Hamish Wilson

Quote:

Originally Posted by _r00t-

It would be much better to have Apache OpenOffice as an option, not as a replacement.
I personally prefer LibreOffice.

Is that not what was proposed?

01-31-2013, 02:34 AM

tecknurd

Calculate Linux has LibreOffice installed by default. I can easily install OpenOffice if I want to. LibreOffice supports VBA better than OpenOffice probably thanks to LGPL. I use a spreadsheet file named Unibox to help simulate speakers in sealed (acoustic suspension), vented (bass reflex), bandpass, and passive radiator/bass radiator types. It still does not work.

Both LibreOffice and OpenOffice are OK for making drafts, but they suck for production use or use in business. Microsoft Office is still the standard even though I do not like the ribbon style GUI. I have WINE setup to run Microsoft Office.